The Klondike Gold Rush was a migration by an estimated 100,000 prospectors to the Klondike region of the Yukon in north-western Canada between 1896 and 1899. The events of the Klondike gold rush rapidly became embedded in North American culture, being captured in poems, stories, photographs, and promotional campaigns long after the end of the stampede. Some terminology from the stampede made its way into North American English like "Sourdoughs", referring to experienced miners. In 1929 the first joint meeting of Sourdough clubs met in Seattle; their goal was to foster and perpetuate the true pioneer sourdough spirit of good fellowship and loyalty.
This image of a truck decorated for the sixth International Sourdough Reunion was taken in Seattle during the weekend of August 16-18, 1935. The meeting attracted 2,000 sourdoughs and their families to the New Washington Hotel.
SHS category: Events
Caption information source: The Seattle Daily Times, August 16, 1935, page 9 Caption information source: http://hougengroup.com/yukon-history/historical-facts/international-sourdough-reunion
ID Number: SHS10085
Date: 1935
Physical Description: 1 photographic print mounted on cardboard: b&w ; 7.75 x 9.75 in.
Additional Information: Digital copy of this item available thanks to funding from a 2016 Institute for Museum and Library Services grant. Metadata updated as part of a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services administered by the Library Services and Technology Act, through the Washington State Library, a division of the Office of the Secretary of State.
